Back-band hook and clamp.



J. P. FREEMAN. I BACK BAND -HOOK AND CLAMP. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. a, 1909.

Patented Jan. 18, 1,910.

JOSIAI-I P. FREEMAN, OF SOCIAL CIRCLE, GEORGIA.

BACK-BAND HOOK AND CLAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jari. 18, 1910.

l Application led September 3, 1909. Serial No. 516,012.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosrAH P. FBEEMAE,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Social Circle, in the county of Walton and State of Georgia, have invented a new and Improved Back-Band Hook and Clamp, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to proA characters of reference denote correspond" ingparts in all the views, and in whichn Figure l is a perspective view of a clampv and hook constructed in accordance with this invention, shown in its application to a fl2Xible band and connected chain; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 22 in Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on the line 3 3 in Fig. l; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view, shown from beneath, of the upper bar forming the clamp in the present invention.

The clamping bars 5 and 6 are connected and held together by a screw threaded bolt 7. The bolt 7 passes through a smooth perforation in a boss 8 raised on the upper sur face of the upper clamp bar 5. The bolt 7 passes through a smooth perforation in the clamp bar 6 wherein the head of the bolt is counter-sunk to form a flush outer surface on the said bar 6. The bar 5 is provided at suitable intervals with dull pointed spurs 9, 9, which are adapted to bed into the pliable material interposed between the bars 5 and 6.

A fiat hook l0 is inserted in a recess l1 formed in the bar 5. A perforation is formed in the hook 10 to pass the bolt 7, shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. rlhe bolt 7 is further provided with a screw nut l2, arranged substantially as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. The return end 13 of the hook 10 is formed to lie as close to the body of the hook as possible. In operation, the links of the chain 14 are placed in the hook l0, lengthening or shortening the chain, as the case may be.

Having a clamp of the character described, the operation is as follows: The back band A is formed of any suitable pliable material. In the. extreme end A1 is formed a perforation to pass the bolt 7. extended through the bar 6, the said bolt is extended through the perforation in the end A1. The body portion A2 of the band A, at the desired location, is provided with a perforation similar to that formed in the end A1, and the bolt 7 is threaded through this perforation. The hook l0 is then threaded upon the'bolt 7, to be immediately followed by the bar 5, the said bar 5 resting racross the upper face of the body portion A' of the band A. ln this position the nutl2 is screwed upon the bolt 7. The nut 19. is then screwed firmly down upon the boss 8, forcl ing the bars 5 and 6 together, and jamming the spurs 9, 9 into the material forming the band A, rand clamped between the two bars 5 and 6. This grip on the material main tains the clamp in position.

By passing the band end A1 over the bar 6, as illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings, the.

bar is held out of contact with the skin rof the animal by the interposed portion A3 of the said band. y,

It will be seen that the appliance herein describedand illustrated is simple and of trifling cost. It will also be seen that it is a connector which may be quickly and readily applied under all conditions of breakage.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure kby Let-Y ters Patent is l. A back band hook and clamp comprising a bar adaptedl to be infolded by a back band and having a screw threaded bolt set flush on the back of the said bar and eX- tended from near the center thereof; a second bar overlaid on the first mentioned bar and having extended from the juxtaposed surface a plurality of spurs extending into layers of said band when infolding the said first mentioned bar; a flattened bar hook the shank whereof is perforated to receive said bolt; and a screw threaded nut todraw the said bars together.

2. A back band hook and clamp comprising a bar adapted to beinfolded by a back band and having a screw threadedboltset flush on the back of the said bar and eX- tendedfrom near the center thereof; a second bar overlaid on the first mentioned bar and having protruded from the juxtaposed surface a plurality of spurs extending into the layers of said band Ywhen infolding said The bolt 7 beingfirst mentioned bar, said second bar having threaded relation thereto and to seat upon 10 an arched recess in its under surfaCe'and-a thesad bossto draw the said hars together. superimposed boss extended from its upper i In testimony whereof I have signed my surface arranged to stiffen the structure of naine to this specification in the presence of said second bar; a hook having a shank two subscribing Witnesses.

shaped to snugly fit the said recess ,to be JOSIAH P. FREEMAN. held xedly thereby, said shank being per- Ttnessesz forated to pass said bolt; and a. screw GEO. T.' SPEARMAN,

threaded nut adapted to engage said bolt in P. B. KNOX.' 

